A trajectory-based calibration method for stochastic motion models

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4341-4347

  Di Mario, Ezequiel ^a   Mermoud, Grégory ^a   Mastrangeli, Massimo ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION METHOD; CORRELATED RANDOM WALKS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; MOTION MODELS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICS-BASED; REAL TIME TRACKING; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; SMALL VARIATIONS; STEP ANGLE; STEP LENGTH; STOCHASTIC MOTION; TRAJECTORY-BASED; WATER/AIR INTERFACE;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84455192818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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